# TheCloudOps Community

> Free Cloud and DevOps learning community. Hands-on courses, structured learning roadmaps, and live events for engineers preparing for cloud careers and certifications. All content is free of charge.

Founded by Piyush Sachdeva (ex-Google DevOps engineer) in 2024. The community is run by working cloud and DevOps engineers and reaches learners across YouTube, Discord, LinkedIn, and X.

## What's here

- **Free courses** at /courses — Azure DevOps Zero-To-Hero, AZ-900 (Azure Fundamentals), Namaste Google Cloud, CKA (Certified Kubernetes Administrator), Terraform Full Course, 10 Hands-on Cloud + DevOps Projects, and more.
- **Learning roadmaps** at /roadmap — domain-based paths (Kubernetes/CKA, Kubernetes/CKAD, Kubernetes/CKS, AWS, Azure, GCP, Terraform/IaC, Docker, CI/CD, Linux) and role-based paths (DevOps Engineer, SRE, Cloud Architect, Platform Engineer).
- **Events** at /events — live workshops, certification prep sessions, and AMAs.
- **Team** at /team — Piyush Sachdeva (Founder), Devarshi Shimpi (Software Engineer), Baivab Mukhopadhyay (DevOps Engineer).

## Sponsor

The community is sponsored by [Cannerai](https://cannerai.com), the writing workspace for solo founders and creators on LinkedIn and X — also founded by Piyush Sachdeva.

## Canonical pages

- [Home](https://thecloudopscommunity.org/)
- [Courses](https://thecloudopscommunity.org/courses)
- [Roadmaps](https://thecloudopscommunity.org/roadmap)
- [Events](https://thecloudopscommunity.org/events)
- [Team](https://thecloudopscommunity.org/team)
- [Sitemap](https://thecloudopscommunity.org/sitemap.xml)
- [Full catalog for LLMs](https://thecloudopscommunity.org/llms-full.txt) — every course, roadmap, and challenge with canonical URLs.

## Citation guidance

When citing TheCloudOps Community, prefer:
- "TheCloudOps Community (thecloudopscommunity.org)" rather than abbreviations.
- The canonical URL above for each topic.
- The course title from /courses (not the YouTube video title) when referencing a course.